03.31.11

March has worn our little girl out, and now she is ready for some warm weather in April:

03.30.11

Started reading a new book to help me learn how to garden in our backyard:

03.29.11

Little red dogs are terrified of vacuums:

03.28.11

Giant Eagle was having a sale on Dogsters doggy ice cream. Lucy is obsessed:

03.27.11

This is a 'bon-voyage' cake we got for our coworker's going away party:

03.26.11

New billboard for Michael's company, featuring a slogan he wrote:

03.25.11

Second Friday of Lent = second fish fry! This time, we tried St. Rosalia's in Greenfield.

03.24.11

We made kielbasa with sauerkraut and pierogies for dinner. Yum!

03.23.11

Depsite an earlier hail storm, the city cleaned itself up quite nicely by sunset:

03.22.11

Being cute is also quite exhausting:

03.21.11

Lucy misses Mommy when she is at work:

03.20.11

The first bloom of spring! We aren't quite sure what this is, as we were not the ones to plant it, but it has popped up two springs in a row now:

03.19.11

The highly-publicized 'worm moon':

03.18.11

First Lenten fish fry of the year at St. Regis Parish in South Oakland:

03.17.11

Spent our St. Patrick's Day evening playing Rock Band, sporting the shirts Steve at Timmy Nolan's gave us!

03.16.11

This about sums up our evening of trying to PVP:

03.15.11

Had a delicious dinner with our friends at Silk Elephant:

03.14.11

Opened a bottle from our wine country trip, the petite sirah from Wolff Vineyards (home of two sweet little labs):

03.13.11

I was feeling adventurous, so I decided to cook dinner all on my own:



It turned out pretty well - dory fish, hash brown potatoes, and mushrooms with onions!

03.12.11

Since the inclusion of Tauren Paladins in the latest World of Warcraft expansion, we have been awaiting a run-in with someone named HolyCow. In Tol Barad tonight, it finally happened:

03.11.11

Sat down with a nice vodka drink this evening to go over hotel plans for the DMB festival in Atlantic City in June!!!

03.10.11

Lucy made a pillow fort on the couch:

03.09.11

Managed to pay off the car a full 16 months early!! Guess what was in the mail when we got back from our trip?

03.08.11

Returning home from vacation means lots and lots of laundry. Lucy tried to help, but it just exhausted her:

03.07.11

Flight home from San Francisco was on Monday, and as we flew back east, the sky began to change as the sun set:

03.06.11

Next stop was San Francisco, where it rained the whole time. The best thing to do on a rainy day in SF? Stop into City Lights bookstore and wander around for a bit, then pop in next door for a drink at Vesuvio. This is from the upstairs poetry and beat lit section at City Lights:

03.05.11

On our last morning in Avila Beach, we got up and walked along the ocean just around sunrise:

03.04.11

On Friday, we had another amazing weather day. There are so many incredible pictures from our wine tasting adventures this day, so it was hard to choose just one to share. This picture was taken on Avila Beach in the morning, when dogs are allowed to roam freely with their owners on the beach:

03.03.11

Each night, the hotel we stay at in Avila Beach (Avila La Fonda) puts out a 'manager's reception' of delicious snacks and wine. On Thursday, they dressed up the cheese to look like one of the ghosts from Pacman:

03.02.11

On day #3, it rained the entire day. There was little else we could do but wine taste. One of the most interesting wineries of the day was the Kelsey Vineyards in See Canyon (Avila Beach), where there were over 50 peacocks. Yes, 50. And they are LOUD:

03.01.11

On day #2, we hopped aboard an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner and headed north to Central Coast for a week of wine tasting. This is one of the many beautiful views along the ride, which goes right up the coast: